<p>I'm looking at small LACs in PA with strong pre-law advising. Any thoughts on Gettysburg, Muhlenberg, Ursinus, Franklin & Marshall?</p>
<p>Have you considered Haverford? It’s more selective than the four you have mentioned and strong law school placement.</p>
<p>I have a good friend who graduated from Franklin & Marshall with a double major in Classics and English and is in law school at Columbia. He said the school is very supportive and has good preprofessional advising; both pre-law and pre-med are popular. It’s a very underrated school, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’ll check out Lafayette too. I’m guessing Haverford is too much of a reach for me. I need to be a strong enough candidate to get offered some money.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t place too much importance on “strong pre-law advising”. I went to law school without ever having spoken to the pre-law advisor at my undergraduate institution. I’m not even sure there was such a thing.</p>
<p>Applying to law school is not like applying to medical school. There are no undergraduate course prerequisites for going to law school. Admissions depend largely on two factors: undergraduate GPA and LSAT score. </p>
<p>There’s a lively forum here at CC in the Law School area where you can come for advice from practicing lawyers, law students, and others. Feel free to stop by.</p>
<p>Our advice for you as a freshman will be to major in something you enjoy, and where you’re capable of earning good grades. But don’t forget to enjoy yourself while you’re in college. And keep an open mind about your future career - college is a time of exploration, and you might discover something else that’s more to your liking.</p>
<p>If you’re still thinking about practicing law your junior year, take a review course in the LSAT, and prepare thoroughly for it. I studied over the summer before my senior year, took it that fall, and took a year off between college and law school. (That’s another piece of advice you’ll hear at the Law School forum.)</p>